Pundits made a lot of predictions in the days leading up to the midterm elections, some of them right, some of them wrong, and some of them outright laughable. Media Matters shows you how your political "experts" actually fared:

Since the midterm elections, Fox & Friends has served as a revolving door of sorts for victorious Republican candidates, as well as their favorite Republican guests. Since Wednesday morning, Fox has hosted the following conservatives to do a nationwide victory lap around the curvy couch:

Dana Perino

Eric Cantor (R-VA)

Karl Rove

Mike Huckabee

Nikki Haley (R-SC)

Michael Steele

Lt. Col. Allen West (R-FL)

Gov. Haley Barbour (R-AL)

Rand Paul (R-KY)

Chip Cravaack (R-MN)

Tim Pawlenty (R-MN)

Rick Perry (R-TX)

Tim Scott (R-SC)

Pat Toomey (R-PA)

But, hey! To be fair, today they also hosted Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO), you know, for balance.

This certainly isn't surprising. As Media Matters has repeatedly shown, Fox functioned as the communications arm of the Republican Party throughout the midterms. And, now, it's poised to play a key role in the GOP's 2012 presidential primaries, as the network employs numerous potential candidates. At this point, Fox really ought to consider renaming its network GOPTV.

We've noted that an October 31 Politicoarticle reported that Fox News contributor Karl Rove seems to be among GOP leaders who are on a "mission" to "halt" Fox News contributor Sarah Palin's "momentum and credibility," viewing her potential 2012 presidential nomination as a "disaster in waiting." Indeed, Rove and Palin have recently traded attacks, including over failed Delaware Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell, who had Palin's strong backing.

Rove has criticized O'Donnell, saying that her primary opponent, Rep. Mike Castle, would have picked up the seat. In return, Palin told Rove to "buck up" over O'Donnell's primary win.

Politico noted yesterday that the sparring between Rove and Palin continued on Election Day with Rove saying:

"It gave me no pleasure to say that she was unlikely to win," he said. "But this again provides a lesson. This is a candidate who was right on the issues, but who had mishandled a series of questions brought up by the press."

Leading up to the midterms, Fox News, the GOP's campaign arm, targeted numerous Democratic seats, either by engaging in their normal campaign of misinformation, or byalmostexclusively hosting Republican candidates and promoting their campaigns. But there were few races Fox obsessed over more than Rep. Barney Frank's (D-MA). Fox engaged in an all-out attack on Frank by repeatedlyhosting his opponent, Sean Bielat, claiming over and over that Frank's seat was in danger, and that Bielat had a good chance of winning. Dick Morris repeatedly implored Fox viewers to donate to his PAC so he could help to "defeat" Frank.

Despite weeks and weeks of Fox portraying Frank as battling for his political life, the truth was that Frank's seat was never in danger. The non-biased campaign website Five Thirty Eight estimated Frank's chances of winning as ranging from 97% to 100%. And the unofficial results show that Frank handily won the race by over 10 points.

Sean Bielat was never going to win that race, regardless of Fox's incesssant smears, insults, misinformation, and fundraising on Bielat's behalf. Speaking of which, just how much money did Dick Morris con out of Fox News viewers to make that case?

In the past few months, Sean Hannity has cheered, defended, and hosted numerous Republican candidates on his Fox News show, effectively turning the nightly hour-long program into a GOP fundraising venue. It's no surprise that Republican senatorial candidate Christine O'Donnell said she has Hannity "in my back pocket" or that Republicans reportedly go on his show to get a "certain kind of treatment."

It's election day, so the right-wing's fevered cries of "VOTER FRAUD" have reached their highest pitch. And, the Washington Times has admirably done their part by penning an entire editorial on voter fraud that does not contain one credible allegation of fraud.

Let's go down the list, shall we? First, the Washington Times claimed, "Nevada and North Carolina are among states where early voters reported trying to cast ballots for Republicans only to see their votes registered for Democrats instead." Nevermind that claims of voting irregularity in Nevada have been investigated and were determined to be unfounded, and in North Carolina, there were complaints from both Democrats and Republicans that their votes were cast for the opposite party but, according to the deputy director of the State Board of Elections, Johnnie Mclean has said that these were "isolated instances" that "were corrected." He added, "There is no hard evidence voters were not able to cast their vote as intended."

They go on to claim that "[t]he very idea that voting is the cornerstone of citizenship is under attack. Last week, former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor provided the deciding vote in a 2-1 court decision telling Arizona it could not require proof of citizenship for voter registration." Yet, as we've noted, this ruling has no bearing on the current election.

For the past several months, Fox News has hyped GOP accusations of voter fraud, no matter how little evidence exists to support them, and Bret Baier has promised that Fox will cover voter fraud allegations "in every show." But Fox has failed to report on, or has dismissed and distorted, numerous accusations of voter fraud or intimidation carried out by individuals linked to right-wing groups and politicians.

Fox News has mounted an impressive campaign to convince its audience that voter fraud is a rampant problem ahead of Tuesday's elections -- Bret Baier even promoted his channel's coverage of the topic on Sunday's Special Report by telling viewers that Fox would be reporting on voter-fraud allegations "in every show." (As we'venoted, voter fraud occurs infrequently, and the conservative media's incessant claims about election fraud have been false more often than not.)

Glenn Beck contributed to the campaign during a special Sunday edition of his TV show, bolstering the narrative with false claims and fearmongering. In fact, during the opening segment, Beck told viewers that he was going to "scare the bat snot out of you in the next hour."

The New York Times was forced to issue two corrections after relying on Capitol Hill anonymous sourcing for its flawed report on emails from former Secretary of State and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. The Clinton debacle is the latest example of why the media should be careful when relying on leaks from partisan congressional sources -- this is far from the first time journalists who did have been burned.

Several Fox News figures are attempting to shift partial blame onto Samuel DuBose for his own death at the hands of a Cincinnati police officer during a traffic stop, arguing DuBose should have cooperated with the officer's instructions if he wanted to avoid "danger."

Iowa radio host Steve Deace is frequently interviewed as a political analyst by mainstream media outlets like NPR, MSNBC, and The Hill when they need an insider's perspective on the GOP primary and Iowa political landscape. However, these outlets may not all be aware that Deace gained his insider status in conservative circles by broadcasting full-throated endorsements of extreme right-wing positions on his radio show and writing online columns filled with intolerant views that he never reveals during main stream media appearances.

The Center for Medical Progress' fourth attempt to smear Planned Parenthood -- by using deceptively-edited videos to falsely claim clinics are "negotiating a fetal body parts deal" -- once again falls flat, providing no evidence that any laws were broken. Transcript of the full, undoctored footage reveals staff at a Planned Parenthood Colorado affiliate simply discussing legal reimbursements for safe donations, and reveals that the undercover actors admitted they were the "middlemen" who stood to potentially make a profit from selling tissue -- not Planned Parenthood itself.